Original 19th Century Abyssinian Ethiopian Shotel Sword with Leather Scabbard circa 1850 NATION buck horn rear sight

buck horn rear sight

The sight still retains its large red rubber eyepiece which is cracking a bit

The unit has an extra needle and small spring in a compartment on the turn table

popularly known as "Party Suits

We have seen other examples of ground Röhm daggers from this maker

Original 19th Century Abyssinian Ethiopian Shotel Sword with Leather Scabbard circa 1850 NATION buck horn rear sightOriginal Item: One of a Kind. These very unusual swords with very very curved blades come from the "Horn of Africa," which includes Abyssinia, which we now know as Ethiopia. Made famous just before WWII by the Italian Invasion of that Country, and the appeal by it's Emperor Haile Selassie to the League of Nations, which the Western Powers basically ignored. It's Capital is ADDIS ABABA, a city dating back some 2,000 years and more. A Country much in